An independent agency of the federal government the NEA awards grant money to "support artistic excellence, creativity, and innovation" and partners with state arts agencies, local leaders, other federal agencies, and the philanthropic sector.

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An alternative to traditional copyright, creative commons seeks to provide universal access through a "free, public, and standardized infrastructure that creates a balance between the reality of the Internet and the reality of copyright laws"

As noted on its site, the journal is "a popular-academic hybrid of movie analysis, history, and commentary, looking at classic and commercial, independent, exploitation, and international film from a wide range of vantage points from the aesthetic to the political."

This free resource collects articles, encyclopedia articles, biographies, and filmographies for the history and people of film. Keep in mind some of this information is user-generated or pulled from user-generated sites like IMDB.